LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Run for His Money
Run for his money Clive Morris, Port Talbot crew member pictured wearing an RNLI tee-shirt, ran from the RNLI regional office in Cardiff to the lifeboat station at Port Talbot raising £1,250. He was waved off by office staff Vicky,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New handbook for enthusiasts
The Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Handbook 2016 is now out. This complete guide to RNLI lifeboats past and present details every lifeboat in our fleet, plus the post-service names and locations of retired vessels. To order your copy, send a...
Category: Articles
Fundraising
Selling gifts and souvenirs is an excellent way of raising both funds and the profile of the lifeboat service. RNLI (Sales) provides a range of products for the wide variety of shops and events run by volunteers. In 2001 its turnover was...
Category: Articles
Annual Meeting
THE Ninety-fifth Annual General Meeting of THE ROY AL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION was held at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Friday, 2nd May, 1919, at 4 P.M. The Right Hon.
the Lord Chancellor presided, and amongst those...
Category: Meetings
Tijl Uilenspiegel
Six lifeboats in search for missing Belgian trawler The new Tyne class lifeboat at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a testing time during her first service, in a search for a missing Belgian trawler which lasted for 11 hours in Force 7 winds and...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
Coxswain's Certificate of Service.
The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been awarded to the following, on their retire- ment :~ JOHN ANGUS, 35 years coxswain of the...
Category: Awards
A Happy 'Lifeboat' Crew! May Lands Infants' Class 6 (4% to Five Years) Adopted the Rnli As Their Project for a Term They Organised a Raffle a Fair a Sponsored Walk Roun
A happy 'lifeboat' crew! May lands Infants' class 6 (4% to five years) adopted the RNLI as their project for a term. They organised a raffle, a fair, a sponsored walk round the playground and even composed a song. £160 was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dream
The Lizard, Cornwall. At 10.30 on the morning of the 9th of July, 1959, the honorary secretary was informed that a motor yacht appeared to be in difficul- ties off Mullion Cove, and he tried without success to obtain the services of a local...
People and Places
a r o u n d and about t h e RNLI Commissioned to choose the winners! Winners of the RNLI's 53rd national lottery were drawn on 30 April by Robin Guthrie, Chief Charity Commissioner for England and Wales.
Mr Guthrie, who...
Category: Articles
Trent
Length 14.26m (46ft 9in) Beam 4.9m (16ft 1in) Displacement 27.5 tonnes Speed 25 knots Range 250 n. miles Crew 6 Construction Fibre Reinforced Composite (FRC). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs